Jimin is having a giant week on Billboard’s newest charts (dated April 1). The South Korean singer/dancer turns into the primary member of BTS to attain an unaccompanied solo high 40 hit on the Billboard Hot 100 chart, as his “Set Me Free, Pt. 2” debuts at No. 30.
The music, launched March 17 by way of BigHit Music/Geffen/Interscope Records, begins with 6.4 million U.S. streams and 63,000 downloads bought in its opening week, in line with Luminate. It concurrently launches at No. 1 on each the all-genre Digital Song Sales chart and World Digital Song Sales, marking his second chief on every record.
The single additionally begins at No. 5 on Billboard Global Excl. U.S. and No. 8 on the Billboard Global 200 (56 million streams; 42,000 bought worldwide).
“Set Me Free, Pt. 2” is Jimin’s second solo entry on the Hot 100 outdoors BTS (which boasts six No. 1s, amongst six high 10s). He first charted past the group along with his TAEYANG collab, “Vibe,” in January (No. 76 peak), and have become the seventh and ultimate member of BTS to attain a solo entry on the Hot 100.
Of the 14 solo songs by BTS members to hit the Hot 100, “Free” is the third to succeed in the highest 40, and the primary unaccompanied. Juice WRLD and Suga’s “Girl of My Dreams” hit No. 29 in 2021 and Charlie Puth’s “Left and Right,” that includes Jung Kook, peaked at No. 22 in 2022.
Here’s a have a look at each music by a BTS member to chart on the Hot 100, listed chronologically:
Artist Billing, Title (Peak Position; Peak Date)
J-Hope feat. Becky G, “Chicken Noodle Soup” (No. 81; Oct. 12, 2019)
Agust D (Suga’s alternate billing), “Daechwita” (No. 76; June 6, 2020)
Juice WRLD & Suga, “Girl of My Dreams” (No. 29; Dec. 25, 2021)
V, “Christmas Tree” (No. 79; Jan. 8, 2022)
Jung Kook, “Stay Alive” (No. 95; Feb. 26, 2022)
PSY feat. Suga, “That That” (No. 80; May 14, 2022)
Charlie Puth feat. Jung Kook, “Left and Right” (No. 22; July 9, 2022)
J-Hope, “More” (No. 82; July 16, 2022)
J-Hope, “Arson” (No. 96; July 30, 2022)
JIN, “The Astronaut” (No. 51; Nov. 12, 2022)
RM with Youjeen, “Wild Flower” (No. 83; Dec. 17, 2022)
TAEYANG feat. Jimin, “Vibe” (No. 76; Jan. 28, 2023)
J-Hope with J. Cole, “On the Street” (No. 60; March 18, 2023)
Jimin, “Set Me Free, Pt. 2” (No. 30; April 1, 2023)
Jimin additionally turns into the seventh member of BTS to hit No. 1 on the Emerging Artists chart, due to “Free.” RM was the primary, for every week in November 2018, adopted by Suga, for every week in December 2021; V (one week, January 2022); Jung Kook (one week, February 2022); J-Hope (one week, July 2022); and JIN (one week, November 2022). (Suga additionally appeared on the chart by way of the moniker Agust D in 2018.)
The Emerging Artists chart ranks the preferred growing artists of the week, utilizing the identical system because the all-encompassing Billboard Artist 100, which measures artist exercise throughout a number of Billboard charts, together with the Hot 100, Billboard 200 and the Social 50. (The Artist 100 lists the preferred acts, total, every week.) However, the Emerging Artists chart excludes acts which have notched a high 25 entry on both the Hot 100 or Billboard 200, in addition to artists which have achieved two or extra high 10s on Billboard’s “Hot” music style charts and/or consumption-based “Top” album style rankings.
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